Resumen

CAPEY AQUILES, Yovanis et al. Severe bacterial pneumonia in children under 1 year of age. Multimed [online]. 2022, vol.26, n.3  Epub 25-Mayo-2022. ISSN 1028-4818.

Pneumonia is a common and potentially serious infection that has a significant prevalence in childhood and causes more death than any other disease in the world in children under the age of 5. With the aim of characterizing the behavior of severe bacterial pneumonia in children under 1 year, admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit, in the 2nd semester of 2019. A descriptive, observational and retrospective study was conducted this year. The universe consisted of 37 patients who were diagnosed with pneumonia that required hospital admission and the sample was represented by 32 patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The group of 0-4 months (50%), the male sex (68.8%), the rural area (71.9%), the route of admission by guard corps (56.3%), the hospital stay less than 72 hours in PICU (68.8%) and the independent nursing actions (46.8%), were the most significant findings found.The age group between 0-4 months, male and rural origin predominated in the study. The guard corps was the most widely used route of entry. Patients had a hospital stay of less than 3 days and independent nursing actions in severe bacterial pneumonia were the most widely used.

Palabras clave : Acute respiratory infections; Severe pneumonia; Pediatric intensive care unit.

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